He [Fransman] said he was there to support the party’s mayoral candidate. But it later emerged that members of the Provincial Executive Committee who were there yesterday, had been told that Fransman was back in his position.

— Rahima Essop, EWN reporter

These things appear to happen in the ANC, the big questions is why. Is it the case of the left hand not knowing what the right had is doing, or is it the case of the ANC pulling in different directions.